Storm-curtain.



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Patentedhpr. 24, 1917.

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L. KRUSE.

' SORM CURTMN.

.wPucATmN FILED MM 6,1915.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

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L. KRUSE. STORM CURTMN. APPLICATWN FILED MAY 6,1915.

Patented Api. 24,1917.

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LIPPE KRUSE, 0F SCOTLAND, SOUTH DAKOTA.

STORM-CURTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 24, 1917.

Application inea May s, 191e.A serial No. 95,840.

To au 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, lnrrE lineal-1, a citizen of the. United States, residing at Scotland, in the county of Bonhomme and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Storm-(Jur- .tains, of which the following is a specificabe disposed transversely of the vehicle when applied to a folding top.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character including` OIWarCl and rear side curtains, with the for- Ward curtains overlappingthe rear curtains to prevent the entrance of wind, rain or snow when the vehicle is moving forwardly.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specii'ically pointed out in the claim. f

' The improved device is adapted more particularly to th folding tops of automobiles, but may loe aliplied without material structural change to man v forms of folding arriage tops,P but for the purpose o'lL illustration is shown applied to a conventional folding top of an automobile, and in the drawings illustrative of this embodiment ol' the invcntion- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a conventional folding top ol an automobile with the upper portion in longitudinal section;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with the top in section on the line :2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the curtains rolled and arranged transversely ot' the vehicle top in position to be disposed within the top when the. latter is folded;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal section' of one of the forward spring rollers;

Fig. G is an enlarged view of one of the` rear spring rollers;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged perspective View of one of the supporting brackets ofthe forward end of one of the rear spring rollers.

Fig. S is an enlarged perspectiveI View of one of the supporting brackets of the rear end of one of the forward spring rollers.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in ah the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The improved vdevice comprises a. p1uality of curtain rollers, generally two at each side of the. vehicle top, land overlappint,r al their confronting'ends so that the curtain material likewise overlaps, the object to be hereafter explained. One of the' rollers is disposed at each side of the forward part of the top and extends for a short distance past the center, while another roller is disposed al cach side of the rear portion of the top and extends for a short distance past the center. The rollers are substan tiall)r alike and cach comprises a cylindrical bod \r portion 1U having a journal or stud 1l at one cud rigidly connected to land extending for a. distance within the roller, as shown in Fig. '3.

For the purpose of this description the rollers, which are disposed at the forward portion of the top, will be referred to as the forward rollers and the rollers, which are dispos-cd at the rear portion ot' the top, will be referred to as the r ar rollers. The forward rollers will bc arranged with the studs 11 pointing toward the rear, whiletho rear rollers will be arranged with /the studs 11 pointing toward the forward end of the top, as shown in Fig. 1. The studs 11 of the forward rollers are somewhat longer than the similar studs 11 of the rear rollers. -The studs 1l of the rear rollers are each provided with an annular groove 12, but otherwise avc substantiallvY the same as the studs of thc forward rollers. Mounted for rota` tion in the forward end of each of the forward rollers and the rear end of each of the rear rollers, is a pin or rod I3 each having a tcvminaleye lft externally of the roller, each rod 13 extending nearly the entire distance within the roller, the inwardly extending portion being preferably reduced, as shown in Fig. 5. A coiled spring 15 is connected at one end to the inwardly direeted portion of the stud I1 and at the other end to the pin 13 near the opposite end ot' the roller. Vonneeted to the interior ot' the vehiele top, represented as a whole at 16, at each side at the rear, are eyes 1T, while similar eyes 18 are eonneettal to the top near the forward end at eaeh side. The eyes l-t ot'L the pin lil of the rear rollers 'are hingedly united respeetirely to the rear eyes 1T, while the eyes lllAlot' the pins 13 of the forward rollers are hingedly connected respeetivel'yy to the l'or ward eyes 18. By this means the rollers are adapted to swing transversely or' the top when notI in use, as hereafter explained.

Attaehed to the vehiele top at eaeh side is a lnaeketdike deviee ll) eaeh having a soeket to reeeivo one' ot' the, pins l1 ol5 the forward roller, eaeh ln'aelt'et having apertures to reeeive a holding;l pin 2() to retain the stud l1 in position and thus rotatahlv support the inner end ol' the forward roller. Eat-h of the pins :2U is provided with a Sec tion ot' ehain :il to eonneet them to the vehele top when not in use and prevent them from being lost. .'lttaehed to the interior of the vehiele top at eaeh side is another ln'aeket eomprising a hase portion :2:2 riveted or otherwise attached to the material ol the vehiele top and lient intermediate its ends and extended in parallel relation to thehase 22, as shown 'at 23, and thenee lient at right angles or toward the interior oi the top, as shown at :Z-l. the portion il having an upwardly opening soeket 35 to reeeive the annular portion l2 ot the stud l1. Tho jnnetrure of the portions 2--123 is located beyond the inner end ot' the forward roller l() so that a passage is provided for the e111'.- taill material ol' the forward roller hetweo the iortions- 2;! 1.13, as lwreat'ter explained. 'l`llie liraekets ll) are lorated ahove the line of the liraekets just deserihed, as illustrated in Fig'. l, to provide l'or the overlappingr of the eurtain material helore mentioned. 'lhe eurtain material of the l'orward rollers is represented eonventionally at 2G, while. the eurtain material olI the rear rollers is indieated eortventionall al 27. The enrtain material twill he attaehed in any snitahle lnanner tr'fthe rollers and the springs l5 will operate to maintain the eurtain inaterial normally l'nllv rolled upon the rollers. Eaeh olf the eurtains :2li is l'orlned with a elel't or reeess. indiv-ated at 2H. to enalile theY curtain to he arranged around the support or liraekel :9 ol' the forward lsupport or lioav llt). while. the eurtains :5T are eat-h provided with a similar' reeess or elel't :Sl to engage around the hraelt'et nieinher Ilz! of ltt l'tnl lnnvs or supports ll, Embedded in the lower ede-e ol' eaeh ol' the eurlains is a 'wire slill'enine' inenllier. indrated respeetively at Ill .tn v suitahle means may he employed l'or retainingil tho eurtains in their lowered or open position-hut generally pins, represented at 3G, will he eniplo \ed for this purpose and projet-ting from the Side 0l'l the liody oly the vehif'le. the latter beingrepresented eonventionallv at l'. l1`he springs l5 are held in strained position when the eurtains are lowered and when released from the pins the reaetion ol' the springs will autolnatieallv roll up the eur tains. as will lle ollvious .\t'taehed to the top lll at eaeh side. nml ahove eaeh roller is a guard lnelnher, indiealed eonventionallv at Jlh'. and extending over the rollersl and proteeting;f them when disposed in operative position. as shown in Fig. 1. rl`he ineinhers 3H are prel'erahly formed oi' suitahle l'ahric material` sneh as ruhher eloth. and will yield when the rurtain rollers are to he disposed transversely oll the. top.

Vonneeted to the rear end of the top 1G is another 2 ruard memher indieatedas a whole at tlf) and adapted to he. folded around the rollers to proteet them when they are disposed transversetiY of the top, and a similar guard is connected to the top lt at the front enth indieated eonventionally at 4t), and adapted to he. folded around the forward rollers when the latter are disposed transversely of the top. `When the, improved deviees are not in use the springs 15 will maintain the enrtains in rolled posi- 'tion and out ot' the way, and when thus arranged the eurtains may he very quickly drawn lownwardly and connected to the pins 3G when ity is required to proteet the passengers ot' the vehele. The forward eurtains may he drawn dmvnwardly and conneeted in position indepeinlentlyI of the rear eurtains1 while the rear enrtains may he drawn downwardly and eonneeted to the pins indelnmlentlv of the forward' curtains, or the eurtains of one side may he drawn downwardly without. referenee to the eurtains at the opposite side. the overlapping oln the eontigxnous edges ol' the eurtains effectnallv exrlndes wind. rain. snow and the like, espeeiallr when the vehiele is moving forwardly.

'hile the improved deviees are more partieularly applieahle lo automohileY tops as previousl \Y eXplained,thev ma)Y be likewise adapted loi eel-tain lorms ol' earriae'e. and

like vehieifs without material strnetural ehangre. lhe usual ohservationlpenings and rear eurtain rollers carrying eurta'in material, said rollers adapted to he swingingly connected respectively at their outer neoted to the vehicle top rearwardly of the ends to a vehicle top with the forward roller first mentioned bracket device and having and the curtain material thereof overlap means for detachably supporting the rear 15 ping the rear roller and the curtain maend'of the. forward roller, whereby-when the terial thereof, a bracket device including curtain material is unrolied the rear porsde portions in spaced relation and oontion of the ,forward curtain material will nected at their rear ends, one of said side overlap the forward portion of the rear portions adapted to be connected to the curtain material and prevent thetientrance 2u vehicle to and the other side portion proof the elements when the vehicle, is moved vided wit a socket to detachably support forwardly.

the forward end of the rear roller, and In testimony whereof I affix my signature. another bracket device adapted to be con- .LIPPE KRUSE. [Ls] 

